Hooper, Lundy & Bookman is growing its Northern California presence with four new lawyers in its San Francisco office. ...
Branton & Wilson, a boutique specializing in income tax and estate planning, real estate property taxation and employee be...
Mark Steiner, the longtime head of Townsend and Townsend and Crew's trademark and copyright practice group, has left the firm ...
Vista Paint Corp. will pay more than $1 million to settle charges by six district attorney offices that the paint-store chain ...
A bylaw passed by Oracle Corp.'s board of directors that requires shareholder derivative suits to be filed in Delaware can't b...
California's supreme court justices are being thrust back into the same-sex marriage debate - whether they like it or not. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
EFF, Durie Tangri Win Copyright Case
By Craig Andersonn
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday a man can sell promotional CDs he bought from secondhand stores on eBay without running ...
In the first sign Chuck La Bella intends to create a major presence in California for the U.S. Justice Department, the newly-m...
Report gives window onto process of improving U.S. News & World Report ranking. ...
How to make the most of your appellate oral argument. By Mary-Christine Sungaila of Snell & Wilmer.
Retired 3rd District Court of Appeal justices Rick Sims and Fred Morrison have formed a committee to raise money from lawyers ...
Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Breitburn Energy Partners Los Angeles ...
Perspective
Another Chapter in the Battle of Federal vs. State Supremacy
By Alexander Phersonn
A pending U.S. Supreme Court case will set important guidelines for class action certification. By Brian S. Kabateck and Claud...
Readers respond to Dean Broyles' article, "In Celebration of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution." ...
Along with a sluggish economy, employers will soon face another challenge - unionization. By John McLachlan of Fisher & Ph...
There are many strategies available to avoid paying the capital gain tax. By Bruce Givner and Owen Kaye of Givner & Kaye. ...
Insurance
An Insurer’s Duty to Defend: A Step in the Right Direction
By Alexander Phersonn
A state Supreme Court decision expands the duty of a general liability insurer to defend its insured in non-judicial proceedin...
For the second year in a row, Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella paid associate bonuses two times the market standard laid ...
The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate Rambus' patent infringement claims against 34 technology com...
Two San Francisco Bay Area alternative newsweeklies have settled a long-running antitrust case. ...
San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe opens its fourth office in Germany. ...
James J. Sandman, former managing partner of Arnold & Porter and current general counsel and chief legal officer for the D...
Ecuadorean plaintiffs seeking billions of dollars in damages from Chevron Corp. in an environmental lawsuit pending in their c...
Two ballpark security guards filed a potential class action against the San Francisco Giants, accusing them of routinely denyi...
Morris Polich & Purdy pooled its international law firm contacts to create an in-house referral service for clients, a net...
U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. singled out California's Eastern District as "one of the most severely burdened" courts...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Government sues hospice care company over billing practices
By Mandy Jacksonn
The government has joined a False Claims Act lawsuit against AseraCare Hospice, which operates three locations in California. ...
Police can freely search cell phones found on people who are under arrest, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Monday, weighin...
Preparing for appellate oral argument starts at the moment an argument notice is received. By Mary-Christine Sungaila of Snell...